Cairo Genizah : Letter; dirge; poetry

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter to Abū Zikrī Kohen, mainly concerned with business matters such as the consignment of various sums of money with Faraḥ. Mentions greetings to Abū l-Barakāt b. Lebdi and his son. On verso there is a rhymed dirge, entitled הספד לבחור, with the refrain ושדי הבהילני וביע..ני אימתו הביא בכליותי בני אשפתו. </p>